Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old northwestern Wisconsin girl missing for nearly three months, was found alive Thursday after escaping from her kidnapper. Jayme was taken Oct. 15 after her parents were shot to death in their Barron home. Authorities and volunteers had tracked thousands of leads and searched rural areas looking for the girl. Here’s a look at how the case has developed.

Two Dead Child Missing

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald holds up the booking photo of Jake Thomas Patterson, who allegedly kidnapped Jayme Closs, during a news conference Friday in Barron. Closs, a 13-year-old girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed, was found alive in the rural town of Gordon, about about 60 miles north of her home in Barron. Investigators believe Patterson, who was taken into custody shortly after Closs was found, killed her parents because he wanted to abduct her.

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Jayme Closs

Jayme Closs

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Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, suspect in the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the killing of her parents.

BARRON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Two Dead-Child Missing

The sign outside Barron City Hall on Friday welcomes Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old northwestern Wisconsin girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed. Closs was found alive in the rural town of Gordon, about about 60 miles north of her home.

Aaron Lavinsky

Two Dead Child Missing

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald speaks during a news conference Friday in Barron regarding the arrest of Jake Thomas Patterson, who allegedly kidnapped Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed.

AARON LAVINSKY, STAR TRIBUNE

Two Dead Child Missing

Kristin Kasinskas, left, husband, Peter, and Jeanne Nutter and her dog Henry head back to their homes after speaking with the media Friday in Gordon. Kristin Kasinskas called 911 on Thursday to report that Jayme Closs, 13, had been found after Nutter, who was out walking her dog, encountered her and brought her to Kasinskas’ house. Closs went missing in October after her parents were killed.

RICHARD TSONG-TAATARII, STAR TRIBUNE

Two Dead Child Missing

Kristin Kasinskas and her husband, Peter, who live on South Eau Claire Acres Circle, speaks with the media Friday in Gordon. Kristin Kasinskas called 911 on Thursday to report that Jayme Closs had been found after another neighbor encountered her and brought her to the Kasinskas house.

Richard Tsong-Taatarii

Two Dead Child Missing

A thank you sign is displayed Friday after Barron teenager Jayme Closs was found alive.

Jeff Baenen

Two Dead Child Missing

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald speaks during a news conference Friday after Jayme Closs, 13, was found alive after being missing for nearly three months.

Aaron Lavinsky

Two Dead Child Missing

A “Tree of Hope” for teenager Jayme Closs is seen outside Riverview Middle School in Barron on Friday.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Search expands for missing girl

Volunteers cross a creek and barbed wire near Barron on Tuesday on their way to a ground search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who was discovered missing Oct. 15 after her parents were found fatally shot at their home. The search for Closs was expanded Tuesday, with as many as 2,000 volunteers expected to take part in a search of the area.

JEFF BAENEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Search expands for missing girl

Volunteers line up along Highway 25 just north of Barron Tuesday to help in the search for Jayme Closs, a missing teenage Wisconsin girl whose parents were killed in the family’s home. Jayme has been missing since Oct. 15, when deputies responding to a 911 call found that someone had broken into the family’s home in Barron and gunned down James and Denise Closs.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

Hundreds of volunteers gather Tuesday in Barron to assist in the search for Jayme Closs, a missing teenage Wisconsin girl whose parents were killed in the family’s home.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

Volunteers are given directions Tuesday near Barron before searching for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who went missing Oct. 15 when her parents were found fatally shot at their home. The search for Closs was expanded Tuesday.

EVAN FROST, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO

Search expands for missing girl

A volunteer uses a stick to brush away dense leaf cover in woods near Barron on Tuesday while searching for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who went missing Oct. 15 when her parents were found fatally shot at their home.

EVAN FROST, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO

Search expands for missing girl

Louie Lauderdale of Lake Geneva searches near a cornfield along 15th Avenue near Highway 25 just north of Barron on Tuesday for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who was discovered missing Oct. 15 after her parents were found fatally shot at their home.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

Volunteers gather at a cornfield along 15th Avenue near Highway 25 just north of Barron on Tuesday as they search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

Steven Fowler of Luck and his dog Cheeka search a cornfield along 15th Avenue near Highway 25 just north of Barron on Tuesday as they search for Jayme Closs.

Jerry Holt

Search expands for missing girl

Steven Fowler of Luck and his dog Cheeka search a cornfield north of Barron on Tuesday for 13-year-old Jayme Closs.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

Volunteers search a field along north of Barron on Tuesday for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who was discovered missing Oct. 15 after her parents were found fatally shot at their home.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

Volunteer Tim Collins of Shoreview, Minn., and his dog Gretchen search near Barron on Tuesday for 13-year-old Jayme Closs.

EVAN FROST, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO

Search expands for missing girl

Greg Niemuth of Eau Claire searches a wooded area Tuesday north of Barron for missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Search expands for missing girl

A Barron County sheriff’s vehicle sits Tuesday outside the home where James Closs and Denise Closs were found fatally shot on Oct. 15. A search was being organized to find the couple’s missing 13-year-old daughter, Jayme.

JEFF BAENEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Search expands for missing girl

A sign is seen Tuesday in the small town of Barron, where 13-year-old Jayme Closs’ parents were found shot to death at their home on Oct. 15. Searchers were looking Tuesday for the girl.

JEFF BAENEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two parents found dead; child still missing

A group of volunteers on Thursday search the ditches along Highway 8 in Barron, near the home where missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs lived with her parents, who were found dead early Monday.

JERRY HOLT, STAR TRIBUNE

Wisconsin town rejoices after missing teen found alive

In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald speaks during a news conference about 13-year-old Jayme Closs who has been missing since her parents were found dead in their home in Barron, Wis. The northwest Wisconsin girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed has been found alive, authorities said Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP, File)